Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Alternative splicing is a genetic process where different segments of genes are removed, and the remaining pieces are joined together during transcription to messenger RNA (mRNA). This mechanism ...

Case Western Reserve researcher finds new use for revolutionary gene-splicing tool; electrochemical platform could lead to blood test for HPV, parvo or others The gene-editing tool CRISPR has been ...

Panelists discuss how splice modifiers work by enhancing protein production from the SMN2 gene, with risdiplam (Evrysdi) being an oral daily medication and nusinersen (Spinraza) being administered ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

Vigeneron GmbH has received IND approval from the FDA for VG-801, a novel mRNA trans-splicing gene therapy to treat Stargardt disease and other retinal dystrophies associated with mutations in the ...

A Long Island City biotech startup raised $25 million this week to advance gene therapies for cancer and other chronic illnesses. Envisagenics, which spun out of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 2014, ...

Jay: I'm happy to be back in the USA TODAY with this little puzzle that I pitched to the team last year. I'm particularly happy to have the clue for 56-Across in this puzzle, as it's an essential (if ...